The Ticket to Heaven

Recently my husband brought our family to the Renaissance faire.   I didn’t want to go and I didn’t think it was good for the kids. The Renaissance faire is like walking through a video game.  It’s a fantasy world filled with […]

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Sometimes Words Are Hard To Come By

When God first put it on my heart to tell my story I legit thought He was nuts and I told Him that.  I had a million excuses as to why I couldn’t and wouldn’t speak for Him.  One of my main […]

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Online Bullying: A Socially Accepted Form of Crucifixion

I read these words online, “One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else’s survival guide.”  I needed to read those words.  I needed the encouragement to move forward in […]

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40 Years Ago Today

I worked on my writing a lot today and before I go to bed I just want to mark this day.  Forty years ago today was the twentieth day of June, of the year Nineteen Hundred Eighty Three.  On that day I […]

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I Can Trust God When It Feels Like Everything is Falling Apart

I haven’t been feeling well. Some days I get anxious about it. I know God heals. It says so in His word and I believe it. I know God heals because I’ve experienced it.  I also know that the path I’m on […]

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Update and Progress Report

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” ‬‬Psalm 147:3 I’ve had a lot of inquiries as to how I’m doing. So here goes! My health is not great! I’m not where I hoped I would be by this point. It seems […]

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Years in Review

When God called me to give my testimony there was a specific day where He clearly told me to not look back!  He wasn’t saying never look back because there are definitely times He wants us to look back.  God is so […]

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I Don’t Want To Be In The Circus Anymore

I got a text yesterday “Alison, you have been on my heart and I have been praying for you.  How are you doing?” I thought about the envelope stuffed full of circus tickets I had opened earlier that day. I wasn’t able […]

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Do You Have a Secret?

The photo of these crosses was captured at Willow Creek Community Church on the corner of Algonquin Rd and Barrington Rd in South Barrington, Illinois.  The crosses have been removed and there are now pine trees in their place. 1 Peter 5:7   When […]

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Don’t Go To The Store

When I was engaged to my husband I used to do construction work with my husband and my father-in-law.  Sometimes when my father-in-law would go to get materials he would take me with him.  It was during these times that he would […]

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